New Report Correlates Graduation Rates with Access to the Arts

The Center for Arts Education (CAE) has recently published "Staying in School: Arts Education and New York City High School Graduation Rates." The report presents strong statistical support of quality arts education in public schools. Surveying two hundred-plus schools over two years, CAE found that high graduation rates were directly linked to the access students had to the arts. As Rachel Lee Harris wrote in an October 19, 2009 New York Times article, "schools ranked in the top third by graduation rates offered students the most access to arts education and resources, while schools in the bottom third offered the least access and fewest resources." The number of certified arts teachers and art classrooms also affected graduation rates considerably.

You can download the full report here.